| "For those listening ... home ..." [radio announcer's disclaimer]: 2 wds. | 73 |
| Count ..., villain in Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" | 71 |
| ... toss, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic | 73 |
| william shakespeare play whose characters include don john and don pedro | 72 |
| shrub or small tree with red, purple or black berrylike fruits | 62 |
| six nations rugby union team that last won the grand slam in 1990 | 65 |
| son of priam and hecuba in greek mythology who fatally wounded achilles | 71 |
| romas ..., 1992 olympic men's discus gold medallist for lithuania | 65 |
| city in nw england linked to the mersey estuary by a ship canal | 63 |
| ... code, five- or nine-digit number used by the us postal service | 66 |
| james ..., british theatre critic who authored nine-volume diary ego | 68 |
| constable in william shakespeare stage play love's labour's lost | 64 |
| Distance required for Frenchman to attend his maritime locations … | 68 |
| Native American welcoming fashionable people with new material from France | 74 |
| Plant requiring small switch in a range of growing conditions? | 62 |
| shows i see a learner in, when extraordinary sums are laid out! | 63 |
| A shock for France — beaten on penalties after conceding first in Cologne | 75 |
| Can evil Tories become fragmented after backing an outmoded policy? | 67 |
| Small Kentucky Fried Chicken for one which Rishi wasn't allowed as a kid | 72 |
| The end of Sutherland? Groan; that's awful — such a fiery character! | 70 |
| Be against leaders of oil protest painting over walls of Stonehenge | 67 |
| Paul ..., Hungarian mathematician with over 1,500 published papers | 66 |
| Zodiac animal that spells another if you change its last letter to "t" | 70 |
| a north african dish, named after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked | 75 |
| movie about one who defies authority and gets absolutely no credit for it? | 74 |
| movie that captures the arc of conception through the delivery room? | 68 |
| fruit that becomes another fruit by adding "granate" to the end | 63 |
| concerned with intense experience regarding long-term weather keeping cold | 74 |
| act of contrition in cornish location – character at the end released | 71 |
| small earthquake upsetting italian capital after short time, right? | 67 |
| crazy long tale about saloon, perhaps, somewhere in indian ocean ... | 68 |
| primarily spanish in etymology: ranges, rising apexes serrated? | 63 |
| middle distance runner who set a new british one mile record in 2024 | 68 |
| ........ bridgerton, character played by ruth gemmell in bridgerton | 67 |
| a religious talk, especially one delivered from a pulpit in church | 66 |
| one earning a living working online in various locations of their choosing | 74 |
| ........ campbell, journalist and podcaster who was a new labour strategist | 75 |
| ........ edmonds, dj and presenter who is a qualified helicopter pilot | 70 |
| melina, actress and first female minister for culture of greece | 63 |
| alexander, player who beat rafael nadal in the 2024 french open | 63 |
| operatic role linked to the saying 'it's not over till the fat lady sings' | 74 |
| a substance used as a preparatory coating on wood, metal or canvas | 66 |
| ........ desk, table in the oval office built from a british ship's timbers | 75 |
| red ........, repressive campaign by the bolsheviks in soviet russia 1918-1922 | 78 |
| a protestant following the teachings of a 16th-century german monk | 66 |
| ........ step, near vertical rock face near the top of everest | 62 |
| v for ........, 2006 film starring hugo weaving as an anarchist | 63 |
| annual event established in the u.s. in 1907 by anna jarvis for ann jarvis | 74 |
| a language formed from two or more others, such as haitian ........ | 67 |
| a trial start i fancy after month for karate expert, for instance | 65 |
| actor and comedian who co-wrote the book for the 2010 musical love never dies | 77 |
| the dead of ........, fifth novel in the inspector morse series | 63 |
| the activity of taking a dip in natural waters, usually rivers and lakes | 72 |
| novel by graham greene featuring teenage gang leader pinkie brown | 65 |
| expression of surprise invoking a roman god in its original form | 64 |
| one who makes and repairs devices for fastening doors, windows, etc. | 68 |
| to search for and collect anything usable from discarded waste | 62 |
| trade unionist born in 1962 who leads the main rail workers' union | 66 |
| ........ at the oasis, song that was a hit for maria muldaur in 1974 | 68 |
| ........ kelly, actress who played noreen maltby in the tv sitcom benidorm | 74 |
| Historic warrior — one with a strange attitude seems initially to retreat | 75 |
| Prospective wealth he has left to marine? It's a shocking event | 63 |
| Novice's first use of firearms not good in religious establishment | 66 |
| American lawyer raised challenge about a source of information | 62 |
| One choosing empty life in particular part of national activity | 63 |
| Leader of tour on nameless African river's a dynamic individual | 63 |
| Netflix series starring Keri Russell as the US ambassador to the UK: 2 wds. | 75 |
| 2013-2018 series starring Keri Russell as a Russian spy: 2 wds. | 63 |
| Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the ...... of Motorcycle Maintenance" | 62 |
| Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a Nantucket resort [3 wds] | 74 |
| This time, Dione returned with enlarged tissue at the back of the throat | 72 |
| This time on a front of a helmet with an official giving advice | 63 |
| The separation of substances in solution based on selective diffusion | 69 |
| The ancient period when the Northern Hemisphere was covered with glaciers | 73 |
| setback for west african, confusing endings of verb in east african capital | 75 |
| e.g. hydroxychloroquine variant developed outside institute by head of lab | 74 |
| "To go against the ....." means to do the opposite of what's normal | 67 |
| Actor Carrey who cameos as the Finger Lakes Guy in "The Office" | 63 |
| "House of ...," 2024 Japanese TV series that follows a family of shinobi | 72 |
| "... Daba Honeymoon" [Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds song] | 64 |
| "... House," popular '80s sitcom starring John Stamos and Bob Saget | 67 |
| tom ........, american football quarterback with the most super bowl wins | 73 |
| "did you ...... text message me?" [dwight schrute line from "the office"] | 73 |
| actor yoba or wide receiver washington drafted by the miami dolphins last month | 79 |
| "I'm having his baby / No I'm not, but you should ... your faces" | 65 |
| Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson or Benjamin Button, to Taylor Swift | 64 |
| former rugby league player who raised money for the mnd association | 67 |
| young canadian performer seen in stranger things, .... wolfhard | 63 |
| lloyd-webber's feline musical, turned into a disappointing movie | 64 |
| Range of electromagnetic radiation, that includes visible light | 63 |
| Anchors ......, musical film starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra | 66 |
| Radio operator's code word for one of the vowels of the alphabet | 64 |
| first person, diver at sea, holding ring made of white material? | 64 |
| u.s. turns rides in troubled year to be business of the future? | 63 |
| ........ salts, powder used medicinally as a purgative or in bath salts | 71 |
| kate bush's second album, released in 1978 and featuring the single wow | 71 |
| the ........ wild, 1995 thriller film starring meryl streep and kevin bacon | 75 |
| a garment covering the head and neck except for parts of the face | 65 |
| clive, actor who played richard bucket in keeping up appearances | 64 |
| ........ lynn, country singer whose signature song was coal miner's daughter | 76 |
| composer and lyricist who wrote the lyrics for 1959 musical gypsy | 65 |
| lobster ........, seafood dish cooked in a wine sauce with a cheese crust | 73 |
| ........ singleton, blue peter and the money programme presenter | 64 |
| stage name of terence wilson, vocalist in reggae pop band ub40 | 62 |
| ancestral line of woman in exercise class, mostly inexperienced | 63 |
| apparently is not to be satisfied with just part, nevertheless | 62 |
| warm hip-length waterproof coat with a hood orignally worn by the inuit | 71 |
| knight of the round table in arthurian legend; younger son of king bors | 71 |
| carlos ..., winner of the 1998 french open singles tennis championship | 70 |
| city in wiltshire whose cathedral has the tallest spire in england | 66 |
| international airport in chicago, us, formerly called orchard field | 67 |
| ancient egyptian female fertility goddess usually depicted with a cow's horns | 77 |
| campaign by mao zedong from 1958-60 to rapidly industrialise china | 66 |
| Pay-TV channel whose first-ever broadcast, in 1972, was an NHL game | 67 |
| 2018 postapocalyptic horror film with a 2024 prequel subtitled Day One: 3 wds. | 78 |
| Stranger Things actor who stars in the 2024 prequel of 13-Across: 2 wds. | 72 |
| Type of food including pulled pork and baby back ribs, for short | 64 |
| "...... and a Half Men" [syndicated sitcom starring Jon Cryer] | 62 |
| "The Wire" actor who plays an NYPD captain on "Elsbeth" [2 wds] | 63 |
| Like an ancient civilisation on fringes of Argive Greece, Anatolian? | 68 |
| Preparing for war, bring up male soldiers in appropriate technology | 67 |
| Parisian hanger-on reflected on everything, 24 sleeps till Xmas? | 64 |
| Basil line needs mint, lavender, marrow, with down-to-earth salad | 65 |
| what a swiftie might do if they walked past taylor on the street | 64 |
| "letters from ...... jima" (2006 war film starring ken watanabe) | 64 |
| 2002 movie with sequels subtitled "the meltdown" and "continental drift" | 72 |
| del and rodney, for instance, behind london theatre – they travel a lot | 73 |
| Actress Longoria who played Gabrielle Solis in "Desperate Housewives" | 69 |
| "The ... & Stimpy Show," cartoon following a chihuahua and a Manx cat | 69 |
| "..., Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me ..." [Bob Dylan lyrics] | 68 |
| Drinking offense that could result in you losing your license: Abbr. | 68 |
| "My ...!" [how Gollum refers to the Ring in "Lord of the Rings"] | 64 |
| shakespearean ruler who divides his kingdom between two of his daughters | 72 |
| ancient athenian statesman known for reforming draco's legal code | 65 |
| italian city where many tourists take forced-perspective photos | 63 |
| glasses that were allegedly molded after marie antoinette's breast | 66 |
| "does it smell like ...... in here?" [opening to a classic joke] | 64 |
| ...... leblanc, american actor, television producer and comedian | 64 |
| backing positive, steadfast youth leaders to undertake major journey | 68 |
| level of society needing pluck to restrain a totalitarian leader | 64 |
| singular côte d'ivoire architectural style – o! is lost; quite a blow | 72 |
| One of DC's 35-Across [first spelled with its third letter moved to first] | 74 |
| Architect who designed the interior of the Palace of Westminster | 64 |
| Region of central Spain which was a separate kingdom until 1479 | 63 |
| jean, pirate who operated in the gulf of mexico in the 19th century | 67 |
| cincinnati ........, u.s. football team whose helmets have tiger stripes | 72 |
| letters from ........, 2007 war film directed by clint eastwood | 63 |
| charles, driver who won his first home monaco grand prix in 2024 | 64 |
| labour politician who renounced his peerage viscount stansgate in 1963 | 70 |
| a chronological arrangement of events in order of their occurrence | 66 |
| ........ motive, incentive to work in order to make financial gains | 67 |
| profession of character played by stephen graham in 2022 film boiling point | 75 |
| collection of pieces by george frideric handel that premiered in 1717 | 69 |
| bud ..., member of comedy team the crazy gang whose partner was chesney allen | 77 |
| group of coral islands in the indian ocean whose capital is male | 64 |
| historic high street that runs from edinburgh castle to holyrood house | 70 |
| leicester tigers lock; 2005 england test debutant against samoa | 63 |
| county of the republic of ireland between longford and monaghan | 63 |
| stored-heat cooker invented by nobel prize winner gustaf dalen | 62 |
| meteorological unit of measurement used to calculate cloud cover | 64 |
| Measure of environmental pollutants affected by wind, temperature and humans | 76 |
| Part-time opportunities for residents of Fort Wayne and Muncie? | 63 |
| N.K. Jemisin won three for the books in her "Broken Earth" trilogy | 66 |
| Something found on a tax form [or a Taylor Swift hit song] [2 wds] | 66 |
| "...... brillig, and the slithy toves " [first line of "Jabberwocky"] | 69 |
| "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My ......" [Billy Ocean No 1 song] | 65 |
| "Would I ...... to You?" [1985 Top 10 song for the Eurythmics] | 62 |
| "Once ...... a Time" [ABC series starring Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin] | 76 |
| Follower of an Iranian religion stressing the unity of mankind | 62 |
| worry student, beginning to overeat, will leave piece of broccoli? | 66 |
| deposit amount of money for american, getting excited about it | 62 |
| ".....Gems" is an American crime thriller starring Adam Sandler | 63 |
| "..... Say ....." is a song by Justin Bieber featured in "The Karate Kid" | 73 |
| "Strapped for ...," idiom that means one is financially in dire straits | 71 |
| "Worth its weight in ...," idiom that means something is very valuable | 70 |
| "Make an honest ...," idiom that means one is making a honest living | 68 |
| tennis star ...... jabeur, winner of a 2019 arab woman of the year award | 72 |
| ... Thompson, U.S. soccer star who made her World Cup debut at 18 | 65 |
| "the best way to spread christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear" film | 77 |
| sea depleted by diversion of the waters of the syr darya and amu darya | 70 |
| what appreciative shareholders may do, covering for us builders | 63 |
| daisy has flipping s&m clothing, with urge to show current control | 66 |
| cause of forgetfulness for classicists, many bagging woeful grade | 65 |
| jump out of bed to find very serious money to begin a new business | 66 |
| spare oddly neglected receptacle for baking is tried and tested | 63 |
| right before newspaper boss becomes irritable with a humanitarian organisation | 78 |
| latest news showing altered posters about parking close to shops | 64 |
| given to trivial criticism or lying awfully about beginner in game | 66 |
| silas ..., one-legged character in the charles dickens novel our mutual friend | 78 |
| iain ..., chancellor of the exchequer who died in 1970 after a month in office | 78 |
| 1996 action film starring arnold schwarzenegger and james caan | 62 |
| the ..., 2008 film comedy starring mike myers and jessica alba | 62 |
| enchantress in greek mythology who detained odysseus on her island | 66 |
| 2004 film drama starring don cheadle, sophie okonedo and nick nolte | 67 |
| the ..., 1986 film drama starring david dukes and richard jordan | 64 |
| jacinda ..., actress who played maggie james in 2006 action film poseidon | 73 |
| "now i know i can be happy as a ......" [lyric from the "moana" song "shiny"] | 77 |
| Saturday Night Live comedian who voiced the dog Lucky in Dr. Dolittle: 2 wds. | 77 |
| The Bear costar who played Dr. Mark Weller in Dr. Dolittle: 2 wds. | 66 |
| Washington, DC, locale for viewing fireworks on the 41-Across [2 wds] | 69 |